About Musee D'histoire De Marseille, Marseille

In 1967, while digging to build a shopping centre in Marseille, the city uncovered a major archaeological heritage. The museum was built at first to house these and then to tell the story of Marseille exclusively. Apart from the archaeological findings (which include the hull of a 2nd century ship), there are 12 major exhibitions that cover:

Prehistory and Antiquity

Early Christianity

Pottery in the Medieval era

Development under Louis XIV (The Sun King)

The works and designs of Pierre Puget

The plague of 1720

The Destruction wrought by Germans in WWII

The success of the museum lies in how it tries hard to be as interactive and immersive as possible through the innovative use of multimedia devices.

Musee D'histoire De Marseille Information

Disability access enabled.

Audio guides available for EUR 4.

Closed on all Mondays except Easter and Whit.

Musee D'histoire De Marseille Ticket Prices

EUR 3 for

Groups of 15 people

Students 18 to 26 years outside the European Union.

Persons over 65

Volunteers device "all volunteers" set up by the City of Marseille for temporary collections (excluding category 1).

Musee D'histoire De Marseille, Marseille Reviews

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By Nikola Spasojević

Quite large collection spanning more than two thousand years, showing Marseilles history since ancient Greek and Etruscan period. It houses remainings of several Roman ships, Greek pottery, everyday items, funerary items, models of the city in different periods... It also shows more recent history and development of Marseille.
Nicely organized and marked, the only problem is that all descriptions are in French.
It has several interactive stands for kids.
Marseille has a very rich history and if you want to truly understand the city, this is a place you must visit.

By Marcel Wagner

Huge Museum with a great and collectiom from ancient times until now. The objects are presented in a fine way and accompanied by historical maps and explanations.
Most is also in English, some even in Italian and German.
And in the garden there are the ruins of the old Greek and Roman port, gate,....

By Mike Sherry

Friendly and helpful staff; information and audio in English. Well worth the visit - the history around death practices over the ages was particularly compelling.

By Claudette John

It's great to visit with children. Touch screens keep the kids interested. The exhibits are impressive

By Joseph Shibu

Everything is in French so make sure you take a translator if you don't understand French.